🏆 Stephen A.: UConn is poised to be REPEAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🏆 | First Take
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🏆 Stephen A.: UConn is poised to be REPEAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🏆 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Seth Greenberg react to the UConn Huskies' 76-59 win over the San Diego State Aztecs in the 2023 NCAA National Championship.
0:00 UConn's dominance in the 2023 Men's NCAA Tournament
1:00 Is UConn poised to repeat?
3:29 How San Diego State matched up vs. UConn
8:50 The resurgence of the Big East
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Watching them play last night and all throughout the NCAA They honestly feel like that one team that can repeat as champs remind me a lot of the 06 and 07 Florida teams. Where nobody stood out as a STAR but everyone knew there roles and starred in it. Efficient and effective on both offense and defense 👏🏾👏🏾
@muddywaters2818
Жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? Everyone knew who the star was. Jokim Noah was projected to be the #1 pick when he decided to come back. Horford and Brewer would’ve been a lottery picks too. They all came back because they wanted to make history. But everyone knew they had 3 stars and 2 role players who made all there open shots.
@tnekeroom9897
Жыл бұрын
Honestly that Florida team was so much better than this UConn team. That’s not even throwing shade because UConn is really good, but dude that Florida team was something else. Horford and Noah were 5 times the duo that clinician and sanagoo were. Plus, those two could play together because horford stretched the floor
@douglashuron09
Ай бұрын
This post aged like a fine wine. Collect your flowers bro!!
Go watch some of Bobby Hurley Sr’s old videos about building champion players (on and off court) and teams at St Anthony’s, and you’ll see where his sons got it from.
Except for seniors, if everyone returns with that top 10 PG coming in, they have a great chance
@EliteLilTJ
Жыл бұрын
Everyone will be back except for Newton, Joey California and maybe Hawkins, but I bet Hawkins comes back for another year
@jimmiesmith5590
Жыл бұрын
@Danilo Gallinari I hope so. I think he would be very polished after another year at Uconn
@jusbeazy28
Жыл бұрын
Newton has another COVID year if he wants it
@jimmihaley3238
Жыл бұрын
They def will reach the final four.
I believed Molly when she said she was 29 lolol
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy listening to him but Stephan A. Smith reminds me of my grandfather. Even when he's agreeing with you, it sounds like an argument. Oh and by the way...Go Huskies!
Jackson,Sanogo,Hawk,Karaban,ClanganDirrah plus 5 allstar players coming in,,,,, yeaaa we can repeat for sure
@HK-zt1kc
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Tristan can also he use his covid year and joey
@gmoney2.059
Жыл бұрын
@@HK-zt1kc won’t be enough minutes to go around them to are definitely gone , but we still can repeat if hawk or Sanogo leave but I can’t see that happen
@HK-zt1kc
Жыл бұрын
Bro, I'm so happy this made my year now Let's go, Lakers. I feel it they go win it this year
@thewalruswasjason101
Жыл бұрын
@@HK-zt1kc 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@aaronhampton3141
Жыл бұрын
No way they all come back lmfaoooooo 😂😂😂
UCONN LETS GO BABY
Yupp.. wasn't supposed to happen this year.. 2004, 2014, 2024 both men and women are taking it next year...
This is such a bogus conversation if this year proved anything we have to wait and see how next season plays out the transfer portal is so important now due to immediate plug and play
Well I guess another team will be winning next year. Stephen A is already jinxing them.
@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD
Жыл бұрын
Clearly thats not a thing, Stephen A said they werent gonna be in the Final Four this year. Nice try though
@lightningjuniorsuper
Жыл бұрын
@@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSDdid he say tht while trolling Molly?
@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD
Жыл бұрын
@@lightningjuniorsuper Dont know if he said it trolling Molly or not nor do I care but he did say it
Molly is really in her bag today
Let’s go huskies
No way UConn coach is only 10 years older than Lebron. No way! 😅
@Notdickcheney
9 ай бұрын
?
Its not only the coach is all the team give the credits to all.
Molly lookin scintillating in that get up 😂
@rickspalding3047
Жыл бұрын
She looks homeless, lol
@AristotelK
Жыл бұрын
@@rickspalding3047 😆
Jalen fumbled my god
@MrGenexxx
Жыл бұрын
thank you! people here don't want to talk about it but Molly is crazy hot. Always been. It's just facts.
@richarddrewwaltoniv
Жыл бұрын
She replaceable. He can find another Molly easy.
@mjeff7415
Жыл бұрын
No he didn't. All you see is makeup and tight dresses on TV. You don't know how she acts at home when the cameras are off. They said the same thing about Halle Berry until the truth came out about her.
@Guns_and_Butter
Жыл бұрын
@@mjeff7415 facts they just simps up top. Prob got OnlyFans subscriptions. “Crazy hot” 💀
@FaceFamous
Жыл бұрын
@@mjeff7415exactly. Said she was verbally abusive controlling and she paying that child support 🤣
Hawkins is 100% gone because he will be a late lottery pick. I don't think both Sanogo and Clingan will be back. As much as I would love it, you simply can't have a guy as good as Clingan playing 13 mins/game again next season. I think Sanogo will leave because of the Clingan factor and because his draft stock will never be higher. Newton has a covid year, but I don't think he'll be back. Joey California has no more eligibility. Outside of the guys I mentioned, I think everyone else will be back including Jackson. starting 5 next season: PG: Castle SG: Likely a transfer SF: Jackson PF: Karaban C: Clingan
@mikelee7318
Жыл бұрын
They can play them together with 3 guards. Have Sanogo play the PF and Clingan play a true Center position.
@Notdickcheney
9 ай бұрын
Pretty close !
Wear that sh*t Molly 203 ❤
Molly" s team lol
We back guys 😝🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Aging well so far
This aged very well
UCONN has cemented their place as a basketball school and they need to get rid of the football program.
@reillyjames8128
Жыл бұрын
Second this
Stephen A should be banned from talking anything college basketball he self admittedly said before march madness he watched 2 games all year😂
We coming 🐺🐺
No repeat championship team here we all learn a very important 16 years in a row lesson😢😅😂❤
Maan they need to go the league !! Lets see wats really good ??
I wouldn’t jump the gun Molly. Duke still is a good team if retaining some players and are always atop in recruiting. They’ll be there to challenge for that title.
Connecticut!!!!
Stephen A is wrong you can ask a women her age. Never her weight
Molly ❤🇯🇲
Jaskson, clingan, karaban, Newton, alleyene, castle, ball, Stewart, singare, Ross and get another big and we could repeat! Hawkins is leaving and so is sanogo. Sanogo can’t get any NIL money
Can’t Speak On Who Can Repeat Or Who Will Win Next Year It’s Way Way To Early So Much Rosters Are Going To Be Different
Update: they went Back to Back in 2024
Sanogo gonna return
Why is Villanova never mentioned
@runrafarunthebestintheworld
Жыл бұрын
Because Las Vegas has to go with the easy shoe ins.
@tyresemaxeyfan1726
Жыл бұрын
Cuz we suck
Possible repeat cause they don’t have any pro’s
Let alone they will get first dibs on transfer portal
So nobody on the odds winning , got it 🤣
Only Duke and UConn were the only ones to make it to the Elite 8. Funny how predictions are our just that...predictions. 0:04
Stephen A. Is clueless about college ball he was on several bandwagons before tournament, let’s see his bracket? Repeating 😭 yeah right gtfo
I knew molly would be gloating
All this confidence is coming from the same woman who taught Uconn could lose to Iona haha.
@kendallandrews8691
Жыл бұрын
Rick Pitino is the best
@matthewthemilkbender8095
Жыл бұрын
Well Molly had the second best bracket in the celeb brackets on ESPN. She had UConn winning it all….
The Big East used to be so amazing
@PotassiumPotat0
Жыл бұрын
Used to?
@Taj_Rahine
Жыл бұрын
@@PotassiumPotat0 100%
@connecticut511
Жыл бұрын
@@Taj_Rahine everyone made a mistake by leaving, most football programs that left have seen 0 success.
Big east will never be that good again
Uconn is getting an Macdonald all American next season STEPHON CASTLE he happens to be my nephew 🦾
Not happening. Hawkins and Sanogo are both gone.
I wonder. how many UConn games Stephen A watched. 2? 1 1/2? Shouldn't he have discussed losing Jordan Hawkins? Or the possibility since he hadn't announced. yet. Does he even know who Jordan Hawkins is?
I never understood the reason behind not asking a woman her age. Can someone explain that to me?
@reillyjames8128
Жыл бұрын
Because it’s OfEnSiVe because they want to feel young at heart
UConn fans have to be upset about this.
Those odds are completely off. BetOnline always has the most accurate listings. Kentucky +1100, Duke +1200, Purdue +1200, UConn +1200, Kansas +1600, Marquette +1600 I guarantee that UConn won't repeat. The Huskies were fortunate this season that they got to avoid playing KU and UCLA in their own region and Texas in the Final Four. UConn was definitely a Top 10 team this year but not the best team in the country. I've been looking for value bets, and I'd actually go with either USC or Michigan State, both at +2500. For Kentucky to win it next year, it'd have to be a case of the top recruiting class coming in and having perfect chemistry immediately. Outside of the 2012 UK team, I've never seen that happen, so I highly doubt it, especially with NIL and all these me first one and dones nowadays.
@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD
Жыл бұрын
You do understand your points make zero sense😂
@ShokusApolloTV
Жыл бұрын
And pinnacle is the most accurate sportsbook FYI
@Zenigundam
Жыл бұрын
@@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD UConn was very beatable. When you pick a team to repeat, usually the team brings just about everybody back and nobody was touching them the season before.
@Mr.Burton17
Жыл бұрын
I picked them to win it look past history they have beaten top teams. Is it there fault all them other teams lost. they could match up against anyone. Just be happy bro. Or it’s is your team lost. They would or played Kansas or any other top team they would of beaten them too. 💪🏾💪🏾
@justinthornton6781
Жыл бұрын
If kansas and UCLA were so good, they would have made it to the championship. Arkansas and Gonzaga got beat by double digits.
UCLA will be Champs
@EliteLilTJ
Жыл бұрын
💀
Oh please these guys weren't even smart enough to put them in the top 25 at the beginning of the season next year will be a different dynamic yes they will be good how good who knows.
UCLA???????
@turkwendell6904
Жыл бұрын
Tell it to the 1960s because after that it's like nothing. UCLA is running on the past John Wooden isn't the coach anymore.
I agree they looked that good & I believe eventually the NBA will be seeking hurleys services even with his extension
@turkwendell6904
Жыл бұрын
No one in the NBA plays hard enough for Hurley. It's a show league that always lacks true hustle and determination.
@djsthemetereman
Жыл бұрын
@@turkwendell6904 Can't say I agree with you there the New York Knicks do👍
@turkwendell6904
Жыл бұрын
@@djsthemetereman well I should definitely watch them play more before I pass judgment and thank you for the heads up on that that would be awesome I like that kind of style you know defense-first
@djsthemetereman
Жыл бұрын
@@turkwendell6904 I'm a long time Knicks fan & from New Jersey so yes defense is big here on the east coast & of course the Hurleys are from Jersey City N.J.
Won’t happen!
I thought women sport arrived and yet zero topics on all shows about women's sports 😂
Lol at least we don’t have any crying fans in this game
Stephen A doesn’t know s*** about sports, let alone college basketball
not go happen
@gmoney2.059
Жыл бұрын
Why not
@runrafarunthebestintheworld
Жыл бұрын
@@gmoney2.059 because Stephen A is already jinxing them.
@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD
Жыл бұрын
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Lmao just like he jinxed them when he said they won't make the Final Four. Ok bud🤣
@gmoney2.059
Жыл бұрын
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld 🤣🤣🤣
@Franchize-mz9st
Жыл бұрын
@@gmoney2.059 you want bet on it
Molly needs to get out her feelings UConn can’t compete with Duke in recruiting we have the #2 class coming in 2024 😊
@IAmAndrew1
Жыл бұрын
Duke might be 2nd, but UConn is 4th
@jimmiesmith5590
Жыл бұрын
Yea, you had that for a while like every season. But ain't did chit.
@SerFondue
Жыл бұрын
We shall see 😂 National champs baby!!!
@Eatm3
Жыл бұрын
UConn has been better the last 25 years stop living off the ancestors
@Itsjustlikemagic
Жыл бұрын
Recruiting means nothing with Duke. Coach K was the sole reason for their success. Duke won nothing before the Coach K era and will win nothing again now that he is gone. Duke is going to become the new Indiana of college basketball.
Oh and one more thing, the ACC would DEMOLISH the big east in an all time players game. Just putting that out there
@johnnysam7916
Жыл бұрын
First of all that’s debatable. Second of all, who cares??
@Cmelo7100
Жыл бұрын
@@johnnysam7916 first of all no it’s most certainly not, second of all clearly you cause If not you would’ve kept your comment to yourself. I just said I cause I’m the video they said the ACC was just coming up but now the ACC is so far ahead of everyone else it’s crazy.
Big 12 is the best basketball conference. Big East isn’t on their level.
@ohger1
Жыл бұрын
And none made the final four..
@SerFondue
Жыл бұрын
You are simply wrong.
@Whatspoppin5
Жыл бұрын
Where are the championship from the lil 12 🎤
@AuburnFanSince2010
Жыл бұрын
@@Whatspoppin5 Baylor and Kansas.
@kevinjack1171
Жыл бұрын
@@AuburnFanSince2010 Nova and UConn>>>>>Kansas and Baylor
u dont know anything about nba now you're trying to fake knowing college ball too?! 🤡🤡🤡🤡
@FaceFamous
Жыл бұрын
AFTER admitting he didn't watch the games 😂
Why haven't they fired stephen smith yet😑😑😑
Ain’t no way they repeating!
Slow down. Let’s enjoy this first.